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Orange County Deputies Cleared in Laguna Niguel Shooting

The Orange County District Attorney’s office (OCDA) has vindicated two police officers who were under investigation for a fatal Laguna Niguel shooting. In a letter to Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes, OCDA Todd Spitzer said the deputies’ use of force was consistent with the law. The letter included a report prepared by Senior Deputy District Attorney Janine

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Bill Aims to Kick Harmful Chinese Companies Off US Stock Exchanges

Republican lawmakers on March 3 introduced a bill that would block “malign Chinese companies” from being listed on American exchanges and other U.S. capital markets. Under the proposed legislation, Chinese companies, and their subsidiaries and affiliates that are on the Commerce Department’s “entity list” or the Pentagon’s list of companies “owned or controlled by” the

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Washington’s Supreme Court Decriminalizes Drug Possession

Washington state’s supreme court struck down that state’s strict liability drug law that made possession of a controlled substance a felony even if the person did not know she had the drug in her possession. This unexpected judicially-ordered decriminalization of drugs in Washington has state lawmakers in Olympia scrambling to put together some kind of

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Most Small Businesses Not Requiring COVID-19 Tests, Vaccines for Employees

A vast majority of the nation’s small businesses haven’t required their employees to get COVID-19 vaccines or be tested to return to work, although there were significant differences across sectors, a government survey shows. The U.S. Census Bureau’s Small Business Pulse Survey, released last week and based on data collected from some 25,000 respondents from

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NYC Mayor Says Cuomo Should Resign If Allegations Are Proven True

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said the state’s Governor Andrew Cuomo should resign from his post if an independent investigation confirms some of the recent allegations made against him, including the nursing home scandal and sexual harassment claims. State Attorney General Letitia James confirmed in a statement on March 1 that they are

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